The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-28
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
BILL OR NOT?
There Is Some Talk Of His Doing
SO Among Knowing One, About
the Capitol.
THE TARIFF CONTINUES TO
ACETATE CONGRRSSMEy.
W. Il. Cox 10 Succeed Sunset as
Minister to Turkey - Congress
siOnal Proceedings.
ESPECIAL TO THE APPEAL, I

u, January H.-Som6 apprehenslon
is felt among the friends Of the inter-
state commerce bill as to its fate in
the hands OF the President. Although
ii is a popular bill that is not by any
means a guarantee that it will be
signed by Mr.. Cleveland, who, during
his career as Governor OF New York,
vetoed more than one measure which
was quite popular but which was in
couflics with the interests Of the rail-
roads. He hes always been a railroad
lawyer, and it is known that his form
er paItner, Mr.. Bissell, is strongly OPP
posed to the interstate commerce bill
aud has urged him to vtto. The ref.
erence Of the bill TO the Attorney
General ia regarded as mspifesting
desire to find SONS grouuds upon
which the constita ionality of the
measure may be attacked, and which
might form the hook on which 10 fix
the veto.
TARIFF FILIBUsrERING.
The Louisiana delegation, with the
exception always of MIR. Blanchard,
who is q Morris IN man, are attempt.
ing to strike a bargain with the Ran
dallites. They are making oveItures
to these gentlemen TO the effect that
il they will promise to leave sugar
aloue they will cast their votes with
them. Should they fail to receive
these assurances, then they will vote
with Morrison. such an arrangement,
if concluded, could, OF course. only be
OF avail in the event that the vote is
close as it was last time, when the
sugar men held the deciding vote.
This can only happen by RsndalPs
Introducing a msasu IL which he
will want the support of the R publ
cans, and he cannot be sure of that
on any general tariff revision bill.
Printed copies of the Randall tax
reduction bill wore today placed in the
hands of the Ways and Means Com
mittee for their consideration, and it
is expected that next week the sub.
ject may be brought up in the House.
All that the little Randall party agree
to without reservation is that tobacco
is to go untaxed. As to the tax on
lumber, fruit, spirits and alcohol, to
be used in the arts, they differ. The
programme to be adopted in order to
get at the Randall bill without land
ing right in the midst OF strong de-
bate on the Morrison bill, is their
principal cause for concern. The rude
canvasses OF the House made by men,
beers show that the tobacco repeal is
not 30 strong as 1t was supposed to be,
and the spirit reduction is only strong
in the South, from which section the
support for the proposition to abolish
the tobacco tax also comes.
With fourteen or fifteen appropria-
ton bills 10 be disposed o., and less
than SIX weeks to do all the bushes,
of Congress in, Mr.. Randall ought to
be happy 10 the consciousness that he
can east y prevent his own or any
other scheme of tax reduction from
becoming a law.
COX TO SUCCEED OK.
1t is understood that the successor
OF Sunser G K, as Minister to Turkey,
is to be Representative W. R Cox, of
North Carolina, and that his appoint
ment will be made soon enough be-
fore the adj urnment of Congress to
permit the Srate to act upon his
nomination. Mr.. Cox was Brigadier
General in the Confederate army at
the surrender of Appomattox, and hss
served in Congress three terms. II
was his civil service tendencies VIII CHI
prevented his denomination last fall.
Ex-MINIsTRR wAsHBURNE's CASE.
Col. Wickham Hoffman, late Minis
ter to D,nmark aud secretary of the
United States Legation during the
siege of Paris, in converi alton with
represent 4tive of the Associated Press
made the following comments on the
charge made in the Paris Figaro
sgainst Ex.Minist.r Washburne: 81
was secretary OF the United States LIZ.
z ,tion in Paris in 1870 II, aud was
with Mr.. Washburne daring the siege.
l was daily at the Legation aud fully
cognizsnt OF everything that passed
there, and l confidently affirm that no
letters were received and forwarded
under the circumstances related in the
Figaro, nor could any have been so re-
celved aud forwar led without my
knowledge. Aud why should anyone
request Mr.. Washburne to forward
letters at 81 apiece when there
was a regular bi-weekly mail service
by balloon at the regular French
postal rates? There never was any
d fficulty in getting letters out of
Paris. The difficulty was to get them
in. Mr.. de Wotstine suggests that
spies might have sent their letters
through our bag. Mr.. de Woestine
has evidently q poor opinion Of the
intelligence Of German spies. Their
news would have been somewhat stale
when the dispatch b3g was opened at
the United States Legation in London
a week or more after il left Paris.
Prince Wittpenstein will no doubt
thank Mr.. de Woestine for the charm
story. A Russian officer and gen :
man, having reason t. belir We that he
las due overed SOM thing wrong in the
l. ga ion of a f,isBdlv power, rus tad
OF informing the Minister lays 1T
tie tr p for him, aud then tells
a reporter with glee, how the Minister
fell toto it. Russian officers and gen.
tIemen do nothing in this way Mr..
Washburne's character has ever stood
so Justly high that no one who knows
hlm will believe q word OF this
charge, aud those who do not know
him will see the ahsurdity of the
thing upon its face. His position, ss
charged with the protection of the
Germans In FrancP, necess irily ex-
posed him to eusp cion on the part OF
the Per SLAMS, but he sympathized
with them in their sufferings, and was
always really to do anything in his
power to q leviate them, which was
not at variance with The duties which
he had assumed towards the German.
Government under orders from Wash
ington.
TIE WOMEN WE LOVE.
At the session OF the National Wom-
an Suffrage Association today, series
of res ,lu ions we're ado It'd demand
log the psssag Of a3ixteenJh amend
ment to the const luton, which shall
secure the right OF suffrage to the
women OF the u tied States, denounc.
itg the disiraI chi'ement of women
and thst king the United States Sena-
| tors who supported the aufffage